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Capitol Museum Services

Also known as: CMS, Capitol Exhibit Services (parent company)

Description

Capitol Museum Services is a Manassas, Virginia-based exhibit fabricator, operating since 1988 (as a division of Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc. since 2013), providing detailing, fabrication, graphics production, delivery, installation, and AV integration for museum, visitor-center, and corporate exhibits, primarily for Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Park Service, and other US cultural and government institutions.

HeadquartersManassas, VA
Founded1988
RolesFabrication, AV Integration, Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding
Websitehttps://capitolmuseumservices.com

Projects (33)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Battle for Time Monocacy National Battlefield Fabrication 2026
Sacred Liberty (The Bible & America 250) Museum of the Bible Fabrication 2026
Museum of Utah and Collection Facility Museum of Utah Fabrication 2026
Women of the 6888th U.S. Army Women's Museum Fabrication 2024
Sculpting History: Art, Power, and the "Lost Cause" American Myth The Valentine Fabrication 2024
Artists & Inspiration in the Wild Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake Fabrication 2023
DEA at 50 Exhibits DEA Museum and Visitors Center Fabrication 2023
Manassas Museum Renovation and Expansion Manassas Museum Fabrication 2023
We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Fabrication 2023
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Fabrication 2023
Cellphone: Unseen Connections Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Fabrication 2023
Connecting Stories National Museum of Asian Art Fabrication 2023
Galleries 100 and 108 Renovation National Air and Space Museum Fabrication 2022
John S. Dyson New York Energy Zone Core Exhibits John S. Dyson New York Energy Zone Fabrication 2021
FUTURES Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building Fabrication 2021
Lucy Burns Museum Lucy Burns Museum Fabrication 2020
First Freedom The Valentine Fabrication 2020
Cherokee National History Museum Cherokee National History Museum Fabrication 2019
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words Library of Congress (Thomas Jefferson Building) Fabrication 2019
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum Main Gallery Renovation 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum Fabrication 2018
The Senses: Design Beyond Vision Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Fabrication 2018
History Gallery and Archaeology/Reconstruction Gallery Fort Ligonier Museum Fabrication 2018
Tenacity: Women in Jamestown and Early Virginia Jamestown Settlement Fabrication 2018
Americans National Museum of the American Indian Fabrication 2018
National Soccer Hall of Fame core exhibits National Soccer Hall of Fame Fabrication, AV Integration 2018
Watching Oprah National Museum of African American History and Culture Fabrication 2018
Restoration of the Old Senate Chamber Maryland State House Fabrication 2015
Florence County Museum core galleries Florence County Museum Fabrication 2014
Behind the Badge Smithsonian National Postal Museum Fabrication 2014
Exploration Tower exhibitry Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral Fabrication 2013
Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Fabrication 2013
Systems at Work Smithsonian National Postal Museum Fabrication, AV Integration 2013
David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Fabrication 2010

Status

Active

Active portfolio maintained on capitolmuseumservices.com listing projects through 2024 (Valentine museum "Sculpting History," January 2024); credited on the Museum of Utah and Collection Facility, which opened June 2026.
Verified 2026-07-18

Public contract records

Public contract, grant, and Form 990 records naming this firm, in the companion dataset The Exhibit Cost Record:

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